1974 - Winston Cup Series - Winston Western 500 Race Results

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1974 - Winston Western 500 Race Results

Race Name - Winston Western 500
Date - 1/26/1974
Race Track - Riverside International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.62 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 110.098 mph
Number of Cautions - 2
Caution Laps - 12
Average Race Speed - 101.14 mph
Lead Changes - 15
Total Race Purse - $99,490
Race Number - 1

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Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	2	Cale Yarborough	11	KarKare (Richard Howard)	191	74 Chevrol	144	$19,325
2	6	Richard Petty	43	STP Oil Treatment Oil Filters (Petty Enterprises)	191	74 Dodge	0	$12,825
3	1	David Pearson	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	191	71 Mercury	9	$8,525
4	8	Benny Parsons	72	DeWitt Racing (LG DeWitt)	188	74 Chevrol	0	$8,825
5	3	Bobby Allison	12	CocaCola (Bobby Allison)	188	74 Chevrol	33	$6,975
6	16	Donnie Allison	88	DiGard Racing (DiGard)	188	74 Chevrol	0	$3,025
7	5	Gary Bettenhausen	16	AMC (Roger Penske)	185	74 Matador	0	$2,275
8	13	Cecil Gordon	24	Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon)	184	74 Chevrol	0	$2,625
9	14	Richie Panch	98	Tuxedo Plumbing (Roy Thornley)	183	74 Chevrol	0	$2,025
10	10	Hershel McGriff	4	Almost Heaven West Virginia (Petty Enterprises)	181	74 Dodge	0	$1,725
11	20	Jim Danielson	84	Danielson Co (Louis Nissen)	178	71 Mercury	0	$1,425
12	23	Sonny Easley	68	SanVal Roofing (Vic Kurten)	178	72 Ford	0	$1,375
13	27	Carl Adams	56	Marck Motors (Richard Mummert)	177	72 Ford	0	$1,350
14	25	Dick May	19	Gray Racing (Henley Gray)	176	71 Mercury	0	$1,825
15	21	Elmo Langley	64	Langley Racing (Elmo Langley)	164	71 Mercury	0	$1,800
16	34	Charlie Roberts	77	Roberts Racing (Charlie Roberts)	145	71 Ford	0	$1,775
17	19	Tony Bettenhausen Jr	9	Vita Fresh Orange Juice (Gordon Van Liew)	144	72 Chevrol	0	$1,250
18	4	George Follmer	15	RC Cola (Bud Moore)	143	72 Ford	0	$4,225
19	28	Richard White	42	Barnicle Oil (Dean Barnicle)	139	71 Ford	0	$1,200
20	26	Johnny Anderson	91	Connor Muffler Adams Machine Shop (Don Nuzum)	129	72 Chevrol	0	$1,175
21	12	Jack McCoy	7	Noble Auto Parts (Ernie Conn)	123	72 Dodge	4	$1,140
22	18	JD McDuffie	70	McDuffie Racing (JD McDuffie)	123	72 Chevrol	0	$1,625
23	7	Jimmy Insolo	38	Martins Union 76 (Roger Paquette)	113	72 Chevrol	1	$1,100
24	29	Odie Robertson	52	GB Auto Salvage	89	71 Chevrol	0	$1,075
25	35	Jim Gilliam	73	Gilliam Racing	76	72 Chevrol	0	$1,025
26	31	Bill Osborne	94	Mollicone Racing Engines (Larry Mollicone)	68	72 Chevrol	0	$975
27	24	Harry Jefferson	97	Nall Precision Engineering (George Jefferson)	60	71 Ford	0	$925
28	17	Dave Marcis	2	Marcis Racing (Dave Marcis)	52	72 Dodge	0	$1,375
29	32	Larry Esau	60	Esau Supply	47	72 Chevrol	0	$825
30	22	Jerry Grant	79	Earls Supply	45	73 Chevrol	0	$775
31	11	Budd Hagelin	2	Budd Hagelin	44	72 Dodge	0	$720
32	30	Don Pruitt	66	Don Pruitt	28	72 Chevrol	0	$670
33	33	Ross Surgenor	29	Dick Midgley	15	72 Chevrol	0	$620
34	9	Ray Elder	96	Olympia Beer (Fred Elder)	11	73 Dodge	0	$570
35	15	Chuck Bown	3	Dick Bown	9	72 Dodge	0	$520